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I have an old corded mouse I love, but would like to know the wireless version of it. You can't call Logitech, everyone who answers can't speak English and don't know anything anyway. Their facebook support says to call. Even their discussion group, can't log in as the long tedious form says user name is invalid and you go in circles. How does this place stay in business? An other recommendation for 3rd pary mice/ mouses. Thanks!

The Logitech M557 Bluetooth mouse connects to Bluetooth-enabled PCs, Macs and Windows 8 tablets, with no receiver required. It delivers fast and accurate tracking, and facilitates and streamlines your daily operations with four-direction scroll wheel and Windows 8 Start Screen button. And with just-fit, ambidextrous design, up to one-year battery life with On/Off switch and button programmability, the M557 is a great gadget for you to manage multiple devices.

The page might not list products in the same order for different visitors. The M557 lists 2nd for me, for example. And I'm not seeing the last 2 buttons on it either. They may be counting the scroll-wheel tilt (left/right) as the last two buttons, which is cheating in my books.

If you expand the listing to include IR wireless (uses a USB receiver) and good customer reviews, you get this page.

Having used an MX500, MX510, MX518, and the one that gave birth this entire design - Logitech Mouseman Wheel - the M705 is very similar. It has two regular buttons, a third by clicking the wheel, and two more on the thumb - by default they're back and forward. you can also release the scroll wheel with a sixth button in front of the wheel, but that button is not something the computer sees. The wheel also tilts, although I never bother with that feature. You can control all but the first two buttons as you like, giving you three programmable buttons as well as the tilt wheel functions for shortcuts.

M510 is not the same shape. It is lower, and symmetric rather than contoured for the right hand.

MX Anywhere 2 is a great travel mouse, but it is significantly smaller than any of the other mice here. I have it and use it when travelling - the ability to switch between different computers to control is great - but it is too small for regular work.

The real "pro" mouse Logitech offers now is MX Master 2. It has fantastic reviews, but I haven't tried it myself.

In my experience, all Logitech mice are Mac compatible, since the last 20 years or so. Logitech used to manufacture Apple's mice back in the day, though I don't know if they still do (I think they sold the division that makes OEM mice to someone else, or maybe closed it). You have to download their software yourself, though.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

Thanks P great post, ok bookmarking the M705, for when my MX 500s are finally toast.
But mx 500 has two buttons below the scroll and one one above.
Beside the scroll which launches and app, and the left site back/ forward. That really then 4 extra from apps. Does the 705 have four then too? I don't see them on top of the mouse..

The 705 has two physical buttons (back/forward), but you can also use the tilt wheel to trigger two more features. You can also use the button under the wheel for that purpose, if you want to, but I prefer to have a middle button. Alternatively, there is the MX Master 2S that has those features, plus a third button on the thumb (where the original Mouseman Wheel had it) and a horizontal scrollwheel.

Logitech also makes gaming mice. Some of them have an absurd amount of buttons. G502 has 11, and G600 has 20.

I would assume it works with Steermouse. Steermouse works with everything. I haven't used the M705 on a Mac, actually, this is the mouse for the Windows laptop at work. I forget what model mouse I use at home, but it is a cheapish wired Logitech mouse with the regular 5 buttons. They've probably changed to a different model number by now.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

Using Steermouse or USB Overdrive, any button on any USB mouse can generally be configured to do what you want. What Logitech’s drivers let you do depends on their support for that mouse on a Mac, that you’ll have to check for each.

G502 is one of those mice that you can configure to be what you want, changing the weight and balance, LED lights, speed, what the buttons do, etc. G600 I never used, it looks to be focused on having lots of buttons.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

M705 is the exact same feel as all those older mice - MX510, MX518, Mouseman Wheel, etc. G502 I haven't used. I used to use an older Logitech gaming mouse (G400, maybe?), because it was the only way to get that shape in a wired design back then, and I needed a wired design for reasons.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

G502 is probably good ergonomically. Logitech basically has two designs that it spins on, and they’re both good.

Logitech’s website is abysmal and entirely focused on sales. It is also a company that seems to have lost a lot of its history - partly because their nineties mice lasted for a very long, so none of those fans ever bought replacements while the MX518 and the like were around. I think that they’re probably moving back to where they should be, with good quality non-gaming mice. MX Anywhere 2 is great, MX Master 2 at least has fantastic reviews, they keep making the basic Mouseman design at a good price, and they’re trying something new in keyboards as well (even if it is stupidly expensive). I think they made even better thing before, but I understand that a company can’t thrive if their $30 keyboard survives for 20 years.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

MX Anywhere 2 is a travel mouse. It is very small to hold, because it has to be small to fit in a bag. I prefer a larger mouse when at the desk and using a big display. The big display sits further away than my laptop display, so I sit straight up instead of hunched over, and a bigger mouse is more comfortable to hold.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

M705 has one more button - a thumb button under the rubber, far down on the side. It is not visible, but if you press there, it will trigger it. That button is set to Expose on the Mac and the Windows-Tab feature on Windows 7. It is a pretty terrible button, though, because it is hard to feel where to push, and you have to push quite hard to trigger it.

The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.

Support costs money. You have to pay people to answer phones, emails, questions. Cutting support is an easy expense to cut. That's why so many support people have strong Indian accents. They're in New Delhi, earning $1 per hour to give scripted answers.

So if Logitech Support is bad, I assume someone wanted to save money.

I like my MX518. I even laid in a new spare, which has been sitting on the shelf for years. Whenever my current 518 dies, I'll probably replace the cord so it lives again. My Logitech mice have enjoyed long lives.